That is way cool - both of those articles are fascinating. I might do contract pollen work for an archaeologist to help fund my PhD, which will need lots of radiocarbon dates $500 a pop!). They pay a lot and don't require as many samples in their pollen diagram.

Oh, and speaking of contract work - Jeremy got an interview transcript from the gentleman you recommended, so thank you! We're thinking we should start advertising his services as a transcriber around the departments that use interviews (Geography, too, I suppose!).